STAR TREK

[vcool]

Was it the final frontier of boredom, or did the film boldly go where no film has ever gone before?

[Dionysos]

It's an insult.

[Elv02]

An insult? You must be dilusional.

I saw the film. 'twas epic!

[Sacul15]

Are you all Star Trek fans? I'm not a Trekkie by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm familiar with and enjoy the series. How do you think I'd like it?

[Elv02]

I think you'd enjoy it. There are plenty of subtle refrences in which parts of the theatre will chuckle; but nothing that would throw anyone new to the series off track.

Alone, it stands strong as an action paced space thriller surrounding revenge and determination.

It's good, real good.

[MayheM]

I am not a treky either Sacul, and I have to say the movie was AWESOME!!! If you know nothing what so ever you will enjoy it and if you know some things about the show you will enjoy it even more.

If you are on the fence whether to see this movie or not GO SEE IT!!!

[vcool]

'Twas a good movie indeed. I enjoyed it a lot. I have to admit seeing Zachary Quinto as Spock was something strange after watching him play Sylar in Heroes (I always had the feeling he's gonna do a Vulcan skull-cut with his finger ) but he did a very good job.

Spoilers ahead!!!

Kirk was badass (although Spock still gets the girls hehe), the russian guy was fairly good at conveying, erm, russianism, the crazy scotsman that develops the warp-teleport was pretty awesome. I loved the fact that old Spock was in there and they managed to tie in the two Star Treks. Old Spock says in the cave that before Nero changed the future the Kirk from future was all in his father and was pretty much what he was in old Star Trek, but the current Kirk is much different. So instead of completely rebooting the franchise with a completeley different idea they managed to make it sort of like the continuation of the old series that led to the past. I loved the "Space - the final frontier..." talk by Spock in the end, was a very god way to end the movie. Some of the people in the cinema started clapping at that point, and to be honest, I did so as well.

I've never been a trekkie, and I don't consider myself as such. What I've seen from the Star Trek series so far I always liked. I liked the couple of episodes of Enterprise and right now I am watching DS9 and I am loving it as well. They all have this charm that only shows set in space can have. Plus the actors did fairly well and most of the jokes are innocently funny.

So, all in all, I liked the movie a lot and it was a worthy continuation. Some of the stuff there was a bit far fetched but hey - it's Star Trek! "Enabling muon-positron emitters at Brechnel frequency...Neutrino flux stabilized..."

I am eagerly awaiting for the sequel now, because it looked a LOT like it will have a sequel. If they do make it, I hope it will be as worthy.

I have to admit, however, that I was to an extent saddened by it all. I suddenly realised how much the genre of space opera has been declining, both in quality and quantity. Now this can be simply because I don't watch TV and only find out about shows if I stumble on them in the Internet, and I hope it is. But there's still that nagging feeling, and being a die-hard fan of anything related to Cosmos I feel sad.

[Woe Kitten]

I love Star Trek but I'm not one of those people who's like 'zomg I know all about Star Trek, how dare anyone change anything with the series'. I think If you are a normal human being who likes movies and likes Star Trek you will LOVE this film. It's fucking awesome, no denying it.

If you don't know Star Trek you will still love this film. I give it a 9/10. I loved it and EVEN my girlfriend (who hates all things Sci-Fi and particularly Star Trek) loved it too.

If, on the other hand, you are a massive Star Trek snob then there's probably no helping you and you'll hate it... just like you hate everything else. Now go back to getting pizza stains on your wife beater and say hi to your mum for me next time you ventue out of your sweaty sespit of a room.

/rant

[Elv02]

Woe, Kitten, wait a second... I wouldn't quite say a "trekkie" would rage over something like this as much as you say.

This Star Trek completely rewrites the timeline... Why? So that people don't go around saying "That couldn't have happened!" or "That's not true! In episode 245 entitled "Trek To Far" Spock goes to..." etc.
Example: In the trailer, before we found out about the whole time line being different, the die hard fans had kept referencing the fact that Kirk could not drive stick shift as stated by some episode... and so on.

I think the trekkies will be fine now. It's an equal compromise.

[Noodles]

Woe, Kitten, wait a second... I wouldn't quite say a "trekkie" would rage over something like this as much as you say.

SPOILER

This Star Trek completely rewrites the timeline... Why? So that people don't go around saying "That couldn't have happened!" or "That's not true! In episode 245 entitled "Trek To Far" Spock goes to..." etc.
Example: In the trailer, before we found out about the whole time line being different, the die hard fans had kept referencing the fact that Kirk could not drive stick shift as stated by some episode... and so on.

I think the trekkies will be fine now. It's an equal compromise.

Can you put a spoiler tag there please - I wish I hadn't read that

[srredfire]

Saw it in IMAX today. Was pretty damn good. I myself think the entire series on TV, as well as the other movies were boring as fffffffuckkkkkk, but this was extremely well done as kept me much more than interested. The lines and humor was 100% on par and was very entertaining. The cast was amazing too, I knew practically everyone in that film.

Overall I was surprised in a good way.

[Dionysos]

http://www.hdfest.com/robot/startrek2009_robot.html

*Basially* my opinion. It could have been more. It reflects our time. Much more.

[Sorrow]

While I understand and sympathise with your view dionysos I had a great time with this film, it didn't bore me for a second, the only thing I found a bit gratuitous was the big lobster thing trying to kill kirk -> hello cave to the past, that was a bit too eh perfect so to speak.

Go watch Battlestar if you hadn't already (it deals with issues of our time, though mostly american (as always) post 911 traumas and shit (I still love it as hell though))
the real issue of our time is the retarded myspace generation and what not if you ask me, but that's a discussion for another thread.

[Dionysos]

Couldn't agree more

[Ennui]

I enjoyed the hell out of it. I'm not a huge Star Trek fan, but I do love the original series and the earlier films, and as far as I'm concerned this is the best Star Trek movie made in decades, even if it was a little weird how they switched up the timeline and all. Seems to me like they are potentially prepping for a "new" original TV series with the Original Gangsta Enterprise crew.